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The federal government as been re-opened and the President signed a measure passed by both Houses of Congress to increase the debt ceiling to keep America’s unblemished record of never defaulting on our debts intact.

The Solar Decathlon and XPO takes place this weekend; had it been held in Washington, DC, the government shutdown would have cancelled the event, so the virtue of the Great Park hosting the event, it’s still on. I’ve been disappointed with the marketing of this event. I see some banners on buses and some makeshift…

CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield interviewed OC Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and Tennessee senator Marsha Blackburn on the pending government shutdown and Dana accused the CNN anchor of doing someone else’s bidding. See it here. From the story: Blackburn began by blaming the Senate for failing to act on the budget measures the House sent them. She insisted…

For the Republican Party in Orange County, California and nationally, “compromise” is still a dirty word. In the view of our friends on the right, “compromise” increasingly means “do things our way.” No give and take, just take. As Congress debates the debt ceiling and the defunding of Obamacare, a new poll suggests that 4…

While the Republicans were able to eek out $38.5 billion in spending reductions for the current fiscal year, the policy riders that had been attached to the budget, including termination of funding for Planned Parenthood and limits on the reach of the EPA, were extricated from the legislation.